Massive Head, Neck & Muscles

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@Pckts:

Thank you but I didn't want a so long answer ! I would distinguish a lion's body with a tiger's body thank to the head. But from what I see, 2 nice but small sized photos, I cannot discern some minutiae with the naked eye as you can. Because you already knew the differences between the two felines, or because you looked very meticulously the two photos you have answered me with such details.

But bravo !

Nevertheless, may I observe that the postures are not the same ? The tiger is moving forward while the lion stay still. Thus, the tensions on the hind leg muscles (wher you marked "2") are not the same, the "fascia lata" is clearly more increased (same case as concerns the leopard and the jaguar, look at them, you will not pretend that the leopard' s fascia lata is more muscular than the jaguar' s).

By the way I don't want to quibble. In term of anatomy, I believed a skinned lion was undistinguishable from a skinned tiger (I don't speak about heads, skulls skinned). You demonstrate me that a trained eye can spot some differences. Reply